Multimedia
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As a technology, it is called multimedia. As a revolution, it is the sum
of
many revolutions wrapped into one: A revolution in communication that
combines the audio visual power of television, the publishing power of the
printing press, and the interactive power of the computer. Multimedia is
the
convergence of these different professions, once thought independent of
one
another, coming together to form a new technological approach to the way
information and ideas are shared.
What will society look like under the evolving institutions of
interactive
multimedia technologies? Well, if the 1980’s were a time for media
tycoons, the
1990’s will be for the self-styled visionaries. These gurus see a dawning
digital
age in which the humble television will mutate into a two-way medium for a
vast
amount of information and entertainment. We can expect to see:
movies-on-demand, video games, databases, educational programming, home
shopping, telephone services, telebanking, teleconferencing, even the
complex
simulations of virtual reality. This souped-up television will itself be
a powerful
computer. This, many believe, will be the world’s biggest media group,
letting
consumers tune into anything, anywhere, anytime.
The most extraordinary thing about the multimedia boom, is that so
many
moguls are spending such vast sums to develop digital technologies, for
the
delivering of programs and services which are still largely hypothetical.
So what is behind such grand prophecies? Primarily, two
technological
advances known as digitization (including digital compression), and fibre
optics.
Both are indispensable to the high-speed networks that will deliver
dynamic new
services to homes and...
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